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#3 Barcelona could regret letting Paco Alcacer go

Paco Alcacer has scored in five consecutive matches

After performing relatively well for Valencia in LaLiga, Barcelona shelled out €30m to get the services of Paco Alcacer in August of 2016.

However, the quality of Barcelona’s forwards meant that breaking into the first team was always going to be a tough task, hence it came as no surprise when the 25-year-old departed for Dortmund on a season-long loan.

In the Bundesliga, Alcacer has become a man reborn, scoring six goals in just three league matches, despite not starting a single game. He has scored in each of his last five straight matches.

With Barcelona’s frontline heavily reliant on Lionel Messi and the underperforming Luis Suarez to find the back of the net, goals are at a premium at Nou Camp. With the absence of alternate consistent goalscorers, the decision to let Alcacer go is one which could come back to haunt the Blaugrana.

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